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92Health
Library npm

undici

A fast, spec-compliant HTTP/1.1 client for Node.js, built from scratch with zero runtime dependencies

7,695
MIT
Used by 70
93Health
Library PyPI

urllib3

A powerful, user-friendly HTTP client for Python with thread-safe connection pooling, TLS verification, and retry handling.

4,058
MIT
Used by 48
68Health
Library npm

proxy-agent

Maps HTTP, HTTPS, SOCKS, and PAC proxy protocols to the correct Node.js http.Agent implementation automatically.

1,161
MIT
Used by 47
90Health
Library npm

Prisma Client

Auto-generated, type-safe database client for Node.js and TypeScript.

47,610
Apache 2.0
Used by 46
74Health
Library npm

helmet

Secure Node and Express apps by setting protective HTTP response headers with a single line of middleware.

10,735
MIT
Used by 32
46Health
Library npm

openapi-types

Type-safe TypeScript definitions for OpenAPI 2.0, 3.0, and 3.1 specification documents, covering paths, schemas, and components.

921
MIT
Used by 25
90Health
Library npm

Scalar API Reference

Interactive, embeddable API reference documentation generated from your OpenAPI or Swagger specs.

16,101
MIT
Used by 22
84Health
Library npm

http-proxy-middleware

The one-liner Node.js proxy middleware for connect, express, next.js, hono, and more.

11,126
MIT
Used by 20
48Health
Library npm

forge

A native, pure-JavaScript implementation of TLS and PKI cryptography for building crypto-based Node.js and browser apps.

5,331
Other
Used by 17
84Health
Library npm

got

Human-friendly and powerful HTTP request library for Node.js, with retries, streams, pagination, and RFC 7234 caching built in.

14,940
MIT
Used by 15
91Health
Library Go

kin-openapi

A Go library for parsing, validating, converting, and working with OpenAPI 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, and 3.2 documents.

3,293
MIT
Used by 14
60Health
Library npm

@apidevtools/swagger-parser

Parses, validates, and dereferences Swagger 2.0 and OpenAPI 3.x specs in Node.js and browsers

1,207
MIT
Used by 14
72Health
Library npm

@fastify/cors

Official Fastify plugin that adds configurable CORS headers and preflight handling to any Fastify API.

497
MIT
Used by 14
77Health
Library PyPI

drf-spectacular

Sane, flexible OpenAPI 3.0/3.1/3.2 schema generation for Django REST Framework

2,860
BSD 3
Used by 13
98Health
Library npm

swagger-ui-react

A React component that turns OpenAPI/Swagger specs into interactive, browsable API documentation.

29,010
Apache 2.0
Used by 12
42Health
Library npm

GSAP

The industry-standard JavaScript animation library for tweening CSS, SVG, canvas, and UI with rock-solid cross-browser reliability.

28,405
Other
Used by 11
64Health
Library npm

zod-openapi

Generate OpenAPI 3.x documentation directly from your existing Zod schemas.

643
MIT
Used by 11
81Health
Library npm

@fastify/swagger

Generates and serves OpenAPI/Swagger documentation directly from your Fastify route schemas

1,094
MIT
Used by 9
80Health
Library Cargo

utoipa

Compile-time generated OpenAPI documentation for Rust APIs

4,085
Apache 2.0
Used by 8
55Health
Library npm

superagent

A small, progressive HTTP request library for Node.js and browsers with a single fluent, chainable API on both platforms.

16,637
MIT
Used by 7
94Health
Library npm

gridstack.js

A dependency-free TypeScript library for building draggable, resizable, responsive dashboard grid layouts in the browser.

9,115
MIT
Used by 7
72Health
Library Cargo

ureq

A simple, safe, blocking HTTP client for Rust with minimal dependencies.

2,190
Apache 2.0
Used by 7
50Health
Library npm

follow-redirects

A drop-in replacement for Node's http and https modules that transparently follows redirects with zero runtime dependencies.

580
MIT
Used by 7
90Health
Library PyPI

multidict

A fast dict-like multi-value mapping for HTTP headers and URL query strings, with a C-accelerated backend and a pure-Python fallback.

492
Apache 2.0
Used by 7

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